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Add Data-Virtualized Paging to WinForms Datagrids

May 14, 2024
ComponentOne WinForms datagrid offers paging to optimize performance for large datasets with on-demand data loading.

ComponentOne Studio WinForms is a comprehensive development toolkit that empowers you to build feature-rich Windows Forms applications with ease. It equips you with over 120 UI controls spanning data presentation, input elements, and application layout. ComponentOne boasts extensive customization options, seamless Visual Studio integration, and support for the latest .NET versions, making it a valuable asset for streamlining WinForms development.

In this blog post, MESCIUS Software Engineer Kartik Dua demonstrates how paging can be implemented in the FlexGrid Datagrid control to provide an intuitive way to interact with large sets of data. Steps include:

  • Setup a WinForms App with the Required Packages
  • Create a Virtual DataCollection
  • Create a Paged DataColleciton and Bind to FlexGrid
  • Handle the Toolstrip Event to Perform Navigation

A demo project to implement the paging functionality is available for download, as well.

Read the full blog to get started working with large datasets quickly and efficiently.

ComponentOne Studio WinForms is licensed per Developer on a perpetual basis and includes a 12 month subscription. Priority Support is also available. See our ComponentOne Studio WinForms licensing page for full details.

ComponentOne FlexGrid for WinForms is available to buy in the following products:

Enhance Data Comprehension with Sparklines

May 13, 2024
Smart HTML Elements v19 adds sparkline support to help users quickly understand patterns in their data without the need for separate charts.

Smart HTML Elements is an enterprise-grade UI library offering pre-built web components for developers in Angular, React, Vue, Blazor, and JavaScript. It boasts over 60 ready-to-use components like grids, charts, schedulers, and editors, all featuring two-way data binding, responsiveness, accessibility, and theming capabilities. This library helps developers rapidly build dynamic and modern web applications with consistent look-and-feel and rich functionalities, accelerating development time and ensuring professional quality.

The Smart HTML Elements v19.0.0 release adds support for Grid Sparklines. These are small, data-intense, design simple charts that fit into a single cell of a grid and provide a visual representation of data trends. They are typically used to show trends in a series of values, such as seasonal increases or decreases, economic cycles, or to highlight maximum and minimum values. Grid Sparklines help users to quickly understand patterns and trends in their data without having to create separate charts or graphs.

To see a full list of what's new in v19.0.0, see our release notes.

Smart HTML Elements is licensed per developer and is available as a Perpetual license with 1 year support and maintenance. It includes distribution to Unlimited Web applications, SaaS projects, Intranets and Websites. See our Smart HTML Elements licensing page for full details.

Learn more on our Smart HTML Elements product page.

Improve Document Loading Speeds with Long Polling

May 13, 2024
TX Text Control .NET Server for ASP.NET 32.0 SP3 implements real-time server push for newly generated pages, accelerating client-side loading.

TX Text Control .NET Server for ASP.NET is a server-side component that equips your web applications with a powerful, MS Word-compatible document editor. This allows you to develop applications that generate and edit various document formats (RTF, DOCX, PDF, etc.) on the fly, using data from databases or files. It also boasts features like PDF generation and a browser-based editor with a familiar MS Word-inspired interface, ultimately enhancing the document processing capabilities of your ASP.NET web applications.

TX Text Control .NET Server's Document Viewer now utilizes long polling for asynchronous document loading. Instead of waiting for the entire document to be processed, the server starts sending generated pages as a stream. Using JavaScript, the client continuously consumes this stream, displaying each page as it arrives. Long polling eliminates the wait time typically associated with loading large documents, enhancing overall user satisfaction.

To see a full list of what's new in TX Text Control .NET Server for ASP.NET 32.0 SP3, see our release notes.

TX Text Control .NET Server for ASP.NET is licensed per developer and is available as a Perpetual License with a 12 month support and maintenance subscription. Run time licenses are required for the deployment to production servers. See our TX Text Control .NET Server for ASP.NET licensing page for full details.

For more information, visit our TX Text Control .NET Server for ASP.NET product page.

Simplify Spreadsheet Navigation with Hyperlinks

May 13, 2024
Choose a React spreadsheet component with hyperlink support to boost user experience with in-cell clickable links for efficient navigation.

Hyperlink support in a spreadsheet control allows developers to integrate clickable links within cells. This functionality offers several advantages: users can seamlessly navigate to external web pages, reference internal documents within the spreadsheet itself (including across worksheets), and launch email compositions directly from specific cells. Hyperlink support enhances user experience by streamlining information access and promoting efficient data exploration within the spreadsheet.

Several React Spreadsheet controls offer Hyperlink support including:

  • SpreadJS by MESCIUS supports hyperlinks in cells, allowing users to link to webpages, email addresses, or other ranges within the spreadsheet.
  • Jspreadsheet Pro allows you to integrate hyperlinks into cells, connecting users to webpages, local files, and other spreadsheet locations.
  • Infragistics Spreadsheet React (part of Infragistics Ignite UI) enables the creation of interactive spreadsheets with clickable links to external resources and internal data.
  • Syncfusion Spreadsheet JavaScript (part of Syncfusion Essential Studio Enterprise) facilitates embedding hyperlinks within cells for seamless navigation.

For an in-depth analysis of features and price, visit our comparison of React Spreadsheet controls.

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Simplify SharePoint Online File Management

May 13, 2024
Bulk Zip and Unzip App for SharePoint Online streamlines SharePoint Online document management by letting you easily zip and unzip files.

Bulk Zip and Unzip App for SharePoint Online is an add-in by BoostSolutions. It operates within a SharePoint Online document library and is designed to simplify file management by allowing you to zip and unzip files in bulk, upload and extract zip files, and download multiple documents as a zip file. With it users can efficiently compress and decompress files directly in SharePoint Online, facilitating the handling of bulk data with ease.

Common use cases include archiving completed projects, consolidating documents for easier sharing, and managing periodic backups of critical data. Utilizing the Bulk Zip and Unzip App brings significant benefits in terms of improved file management and storage efficiency. Moreover, by enabling bulk operations, this eliminates the tedious task of downloading or uploading files individually and so saves valuable time and effort, allowing teams to shift their focus elsewhere.

Bulk Zip and Unzip App for SharePoint Online is licensed per Tenant or per Site Collection and is available as an annual subscription license with 1 year of basic support. See our Bulk Zip and Unzip App for SharePoint Online licensing page for full details.

For more information, see our Bulk Zip and Unzip App for SharePoint Online product page.